07:00pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Tauranga's mayor is frustrated housing projects are on hold because the city can't get access to government funding. This week the council resolved to... Read More
05:56pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
A 23-year-old man has been taken into custody following an incident in Thornton, near Whakatane. A police spokesperson says East Bank Road is expected to be... Read More
04:34pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
UPDATE 5.07PM: Police and members of the Armed Offenders Squad attended a property on East Bank Road in Thornton, at around 2.30pm. A police spokesperson says... Read More
04:13pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Sailability Tauranga blessed their new pontoon and boat at the Tauranga Yacht Club on Wednesday afternoon. Club Captain Rhonda Ritchie says it has taken two years... Read More
02:52pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Surf lifesaving officials are casting a wary eye over weather forecasts before the biggest event on the national calendar in Mount Maunganui next week. Nearly... Read More
02:05pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
A festival, the first of its kind in New Zealand, will be taking place later in Tauranga this month. The Synergy Technologies Food For Thought festival, being... Read More
01:03pm Thu 14 Mar, 2019
A child has been locked in a car at a shoppping centre in Papamoa. A police spokesperson says they are making enquiries into the incident. 'Police were called... Read More
11:45am Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Rainmakers are definitely increasing around the New Zealand area but stubborn high pressure will continue to hold the rain clouds at sea for most (but not all)... Read More
11:10am Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Power has been restored to customers in the Hairini area of Tauranga early this morning after a blown insulator cut supply to a substation late last night. Powerco... Read More
11:09am Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Social media sites Facebook and Instagram are down for users around the world, with Facebook confirming it is not because of a cyber-attack. Facebook acknowledged... Read More
11:06am Thu 14 Mar, 2019
One of two health warnings issued for Waihī Estuary at Pukehina (Little Waihī), has now been lifted by the Medical Officer of Health. Dr Jim Miller says the... Read More
10:27am Thu 14 Mar, 2019
Black Ferns players Toka Natua, Sarah Hirini and Stacey Waaka have been participating recently in the Kiwi Can programme at Mount Maunganui Intermediate, delighting... Read More